Roman Catholic commentator Hans Urs von Balthasar brilliantly called Christ the “hour glass” in Barth’s theology: all dealings of the Triune God are filtered through Christ.5 Similarly, Anglican commentator Alister McGrath says, “Every theological proposition in the Church Dogmatics may be regarded as christological, in the sense that it has its point of departure in Jesus Christ.”6 As a result, Barth did not give any credit to “revelations” outside Christ.
